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Monday, July 30, 2012

Haboob Haiku

Did you have a tough day at the office? Well, who cares, because I know I did.

What does a man do when he's had one of those days? Simple. He writes a form of Japanese poem known as a haiku. They consist of seventeen on, or phonetic phrases, divided into lines of five, seven, and five respectively. Most western languages associate on with syllables, even though the comparison does not always apply.

Earlier this year, there was a trend on Twitter -- hey, now we're getting down to a serious art form, aren't we? -- for composing haikus about a type of dust storm in the Southwestern states known as a haboob. They use an Arabic word to describe them. Don't ask me why.

Here is a list of ten of my favorites from that time:

loungecreature ‏@loungecreatureTucson gets monsoons / But we settle for haboobs / This counts as weather?

Blazer0x ‏@Blazer0xHaboob incoming. / Did you wash your car today? / It is all for nought.